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Readiness to quit smoking and quit attempts among Australian mental health inpatients

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Stockings, E., Bowman, J., McElwaine, K., Baker, A., Terry, M., Clancy, R., Bartlem, K., Wye, P. +3 more·2013·Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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INTRODUCTION: Mental health inpatients smoke at higher rates than general population smokers. However, provision of nicotine-dependence treatment in inpatient settings is low, with barriers to the provision of such care including staff views that patients do not want to quit. This paper reports the findings of a survey of mental health inpatients at a psychiatric hospital in New South Wales, Australia, assessing smoking and quitting motivations and behaviors. METHODS: Smokers (n = 97) were surveyed within the inpatient setting using a structured survey tool, incorporating the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, Reasons for Quitting Scale, Readiness and Motivation to Quit Smoking Questionnaire, and other measures of smoking and quitting behavior. RESULTS: Approximately 47% of smokers reported having made at least one quit attempt within the past 12 months, despite nearly three quarters (71.2%) being classified as in a "precontemplative" stage of change. Multinomial logistic regressions revealed that self-reporting "not enjoying being a smoker" and having made a quit attempt in the last 12 months predicted having advanced beyond a precontemplative stage of change. A high self-reported desire to quit predicted a quit attempt having been made in the last 12 months. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of smokers had made several quit attempts, with a large percentage occurring recently, suggesting that the actual quitting behavior should be considered as an important indication of the "desire to quit." This paper provides further data supporting the assertion that multimodal smoking cessation interventions combining psychosocial and pharmacological support should be provided to psychiatric inpatients who smoke.

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  • Data on willingness to quit smoking in people with severe mental illness are inconclusive; both less motivation and similar motivation compared to smokers without mental health problems have been reported.

    “Data on willingness to quit smoking in people with severe mental illness are inconclusive; both less motivation (61) and similar motivation (62) compared to smokers without mental health problems have been reported.”

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Authors
Stockings, E., Bowman, J., McElwaine, K., Baker, A., Terry, M., Clancy, R., Bartlem, K., Wye, P., Bridge, P., Knight, J., & Wiggers, J.
Affiliations
  • John Hunter Hospital (AU)
  • Government of New South Wales (AU)
  • University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
  • Hunter New England Local Health District (AU)
Corresponding author
Stockings, E.
Venue
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Published
2012-10-22
Volume
15
Issue
5
Pages
942-949
ISSN
  • 1462-2203 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-994X
OpenAlex
W2124054151
Cited by
76
References
62
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Australian Rotary Health
  • Hunter Medical Research Institute
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Keywords
smoking cessation, psychiatric inpatients, psychiatric hospitalization, nicotine dependence, quit attempts, readiness to quit, stages of change, desire to quit, tobacco dependence treatment
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Mental Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Female, Health Promotion, Hospitals, Psychiatric, Humans, Inpatients, Male, Middle Aged, Motivation, New South Wales, Smoking, Tobacco Use Disorder, Smoking Cessation, Young Adult

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